Progress studies

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Progress Forum.  An online discussion forum for the progress community in the style of the EA forum.

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Progress studies is an intellectual movement focused on figuring out why progress happens and how to make it happen faster.^[1]

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   Piper, Kelsey (2022) To make progress, we need to study it, Vox, February 11.

Progress studies is the study ofan intellectual movement focused on figuring out why progress happens and how to make it happen faster.

The field examines the economic, technological, scientific, cultural, and organizational changes that have improved standards of living over human history. The field seeks, seeking to identify the individuals, cultures, and institutions responsible for this progress, and to apply this knowledge to the design of interventions aimed at further improving the human condition.

Piper, Kelsey (2021)(2022) How does progress happen?To make progress, we need to study it, Vox, September 25.February 11.

BibliographyFurther reading

Piper, Kelsey (2021) How does progress happen?, Vox, September 25.

Whitaker, Nick (2021) The crux: collaboration, High Modernism, December 14.

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The Roots of Progress. A nonprofit organization about progress studies. Includes blog posts, interviews, and a bibliography.